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eoleared rose, much like tbe rose known in this country at the Scarlet Four 

 Seasons, or RoBa Psstana ; which Eustace tells us, in his Classical Tour, 

 grows among the ruins of Paestum, enlivening them with its brilliant autum- 

 nal flowers. This is treated as a traveller's tale by one or two of our 

 English botanists, and the Rosa Faestaua is said to have been originated 

 from seed in England : — but was that 6eed from Italy? 



Every gentleman's garden ought to have a large bed of Crimson Perpetual 

 Roses, to furnish bouquets during August, September, and October ; their 

 fragrance is so delightful, their colour so rich, and their form so perfect. 



Couronne de Beranger is a purplish rose, very double, and of good shape ; 

 a True Perpetual. Crispata, or the Curled Perpetual, is one of those whim- 

 sies of nature, more curious than pretty. Each leaf is curled, and forms a 

 ring, giving an odd appearance to the plant. De Neuilly is a hybrid Bour- 

 bon of great excellence, having all the peculiar beauty of the Bourbon Poses, 

 with the fragrance of the Damask Pose. It is a most abundant autumnal 

 bloomer, and ought to be extensively cultivated. De Rennes is a Trne Per- 

 petual, of a first rate excellence, with large and very double flowers. D6- 

 lice d'Hiver is a splendid rose, with large and finely-shaped flowers, of that 

 vivid rose-colour so much admired ; also a True Perpetual. D6sespoir des 

 Amateurs, or Perpetuatissima, had its origin in Italy, from whence it was 

 ushered into France, with its high-sounding names, equally ridiculous ; 

 for, in reality, the rose, though pretty, and fragrant, is much below many in 

 this division* It is a hybrid of uncertain origin, and totally unlike any other 

 rose in habit, which is dwarf, and rather delicate. 



Ernestine Audio is a new and fine variety, with large and very double 

 flowers, of a bright rose-colour. 1 have not yet been able to decide whether 

 or not this is a True Perpetual. 



Flon, Gloire des Perpetuelles, and La Mienue, are roses of the same race, 

 or breed, and have the same leading features differing only, and that but 

 little, in the size of their flowers, They are all True Perpetnals, and abund- 

 ant bloomers, with a peculiar and pretty habit ; for their foliage has a soft 

 appearance ; and, when the plants are covered with their brilliant red flow- 

 ers, no Perpetual Roses are more beautiful. Ferox is quite unique, and very 

 magnificent, having larger flowers than any other in this division ; but it is 

 not a certain autumnal bloomer. The White Four Seasons has an attractive 

 name, but it does not deserve it, as it has not the habit of the True Four 

 Seasons Rose, producing- constantly terminal flower-buds, but more like the 

 Common White Damask, from which it is but little removed. The Grand 

 Perpetual, or Fabert's, is a True Perpetual Rose of great excellence, requir- 

 ing a rich soil and good culture to bloom in perfection. It has one great 

 fault,— the flowers produced in July are so large that they almost invariably 

 burst, but its autumnal flowers are so much more symmetrical. Grand et 

 Belle, or Monstreuse, is a rose of immense size and beauty, and generally, 

 a good and True Perpetual. Henrietfe Boulogne is a good rose, but rather 

 an inconstant autumnal bloomer. This, with some others, the French dis- 

 tinguish as roses that " remontante raremenl," in contradistinction to the 

 True Perpetuals, which they say, " remontante franchemeut." Jean Ha- 

 chette is a most immense rose, and very double, but not a True Perpetual. 

 Jenny Audio is a new and rare rose, not remarkable for any peculiar beauty, 

 but fragrant, and a True Perpetual. Josephine Antoinette is now an old 

 variety, but a True Perpetual of great excellence. Louis Philippe, being in- 

 troduced before Antinous, has had a large share of admiration : its immense 

 size, under proper cultivation, and its dark purple colour, make it even yet 

 desirable ; it is also a True Perpetual. Lodoiska and Madame Feburier are 

 superb roses, and very large and double ; but they are rather Inconstant 

 Perpetuals. Marie Denise is a fine robust variety: its flowers resemble those 

 of Lodoiska, but more double, and the plant approaches nearer to a True 

 Perpetual than that fiue rose. Pompon Foui Seasons is a very old rose, as 

 its name may be found iu many old catalogues ; still it is lare, and quite a 

 gem, as it blooms well in autumn, an.l forms a pretty little bush. 



